Lyman Barton to Hiram Barton

Item Description

Title: Lyman Barton to Hiram Barton

Author

Barton, Lyman, 1839-1936

Recipient

Barton,Hiram H., 1836-1903

Source Document

Extent: 4 pages

Date Created: June 28, 1863

Description

Lyman Barton describes a turntable built for a Confederate railway gun which was captured before it was operational. He also writes of an attack of the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry led by Colonel Spear near Hanover Court House, during which General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee was captured.